GSMA warns private-sector economics could slow EUDI Wallet adoption
The mobile industry is warning that unresolved business, compliance and infrastructure questions could slow private-sector adoption of the European Digital…
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Keir Starmer’s political crisis casts shadow on UK’s digital ID plans
Last week, the King’s Speech set out 37 bills for the new parliamentary year, including the Digital Access to Services…
YouTube broadens biometric likeness protection against AI deepfakes
YouTube is expanding its biometric deepfake detection system to all creators over the age of 18, broadening the platform’s efforts…
OpenAI quietly acquires AI voice cloning startup Weights.gg
OpenAI has made a quietly acquired Weights.gg, a startup specializing in AI-powered voice cloning known for cloning celebrity and public…
OCR Studio expands KYC fraud detection for AI-generated identity documents
Fake documents made with the help of generative AI are becoming increasingly more convincing. Document analysis and data extraction software…
UK watchdog warns of legal risks as London police deploy LFR at protest
London’s Metropolitan Police will deploy live facial recognition (LFR) technology at a protest for the first time this weekend, prompting…
Europe needs decentralized digital identity infrastructure, policy paper argues
Over the past years, European nations have made significant progress in digital identity: The EU has established eIDAS 2.0, Switzerland…
Okta pushes vendor-neutral identity governance for AI agents
Okta is expanding its AI agent identity platform to support non-Okta identity providers and additional agentic AI ecosystems, including Amazon Web…
St. Kitts and Nevis launches passport modernization program
St. Kitts and Nevis has officially kicked off its passport modernization program, which aims to introduce chip-enabled biometric passports that…
Tech giants sued under BIPA over voiceprints used to train AI
Google is facing a new lawsuit under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), accusing the company of training voice AI…
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